TRIAL OF SIMON, LORD LOVAT OF THE '45

Hardback. Notable Scottish Trial. Green cloth/gilt lettering. Illus., Appendices + Index. 314pp. 8vo. h/back. The editors decided to also include this volume in their list of Notable English Trials, despite criticism, as the trial took place in Westminster Hall, and the procedure adopted was purely English in origin. The Lord Chancellor presided, the Managers who conducted the prosecution were led by the English law officers of the Crown. The prisoner was impeached by the Commons and tried by the Lords. Teg. Lightly foxed edges and eps, v. sl. wear to head/tail of sp. which has bright gilt lettering. A Vg+ copy of an extremely scarce 1st edn. of this NST.